Robert Kraft Breaks Silence on Health Scare Ahead of Rob Gronkowski’s Big Weekend

The New England Patriots are preparing to give Rob Gronkowski one of the franchise’s highest honors this weekend. But the man who helped bring him to New England won’t be there to see it. Patriots owner Robert Kraft is recovering from back surgery and will miss Gronkowski’s induction into the Patriots Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 7, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss. Patriots owner Robert Kraft is recovering from back surgery, which he said will keep him “on injured reserve” and force him to miss Rob Gronkowski’s Patriots Hall of Fame induction on Saturday.